Table of Contents: Sketching the background; Sweep of the years; Resume of black powder history; Old black powder days; High spots of DuPont high explosives history; Forty-five years ago; Importance of chemistry in DuPont industries; DuPont...

The DuPont Chorus, numbering 100 company employees, in 19th century costumes, sings during the DuPont 150th Anniversary celebration July 18 on the banks of the Brandywine Creek, near Wilmington, Delaware. Nearly 7,000 spectators, consisting almost...

The DuPont Band, numbering more than 60 company employees, plays for the entertainment of guests at DuPont's 150th Anniversary celebration July 18 on the banks of Brandywine Creek, near Wilmington, Delaware. Nearly 7,000 spectators, consisting...

The DuPont Chorus, numbering 100 company employees, in 19th century costumes, sings during the DuPont 150th Anniversary celebration July 18 on the banks of the Brandywine Creek, near Wilmington, Delaware. Nearly 7,000 spectators, consisting almost...

The thousands of labels used to identify DuPont products show the diversity of the goods the company makes. For the first century Du Pont was primarily a maker of explosives. The past 50 years have seen the company broaden its base to become the...

The small print in the left corner of this display of photographic film in the DuPont Company exhibition at the New York Museum of Science and Industry, Rockefeller Center, was made by contact from an original negative on DuPont Superior Pan with f...